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Nonnus
For other people named Nonnus, see Nonnus (disambiguation)
Nonnus of Panopolis (, Nónnos ho Panopolítes) was a Hellenized Egyptian epic poet. He was a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid and probably lived at the end of the 4th or in the 5th century. He is known as the composer of the Dionysiaca, an epic tale of the god Dionysus, and the Metabole, a paraphrase of the Gospel of John.

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